by Barry Howard | Feb 5, 2020 | Opinion
The process of searching for a new pastor is one of the most crucial and important seasons in the life of a church. During this season, there is often grief over the resignation or retirement of the previous pastor, and there is both excitement and anxiety at the...
by Guy Sayles | Oct 29, 2019 | Opinion
One of the Desert Fathers, Saint Anthony, who lived in the third and fourth centuries, said, “A time is coming when people will go mad and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack that one and say, ‘You are mad; you are not like us.’” Fast forward 17...
by Bill Wilson | Sep 12, 2018 | Opinion
Inviting congregations to look back and connect with their past is essential for congregations to imagine their future. At the Center for Healthy Churches, we encourage the churches we work with to engage in reflecting on their history as the first step. One effective...
by Bill Owen | Sep 11, 2017 | Opinion
Church people talk. They talk about all kinds of things: the pastor, her sermon, how many people used to be in worship, and what we ought to be doing but haven’t yet. This kind of talk can be threatening to a pastor, but it doesn’t have to be. Having...
by Bill Wilson | Jun 21, 2017 | Opinion
My colleague Bob Dale often asks me a simple question. “Bill, what are we hearing out there in the churches?” He knows that every week members of our Center for Healthy Churches’ team are fanning out across the country to work in dozens of churches...
